Bottega Veneta supported the launch of MAGMA, a new art magazine that revives the tradition of great 20th-century art magazines.
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Art magazines such as Georges Bataille's Document (1929), the Surrealist magazine Minotaur (1933), and the inaugural issue of Andy Warhol's Interview (1969) were venues for artistic expression, outlets for aesthetics, and experimental spaces for artists and writers to collaborate and co-create. Magma revives the tradition of the great art magazines of the 20th century.
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says Paul Olivennes, President and Editor-in-Chief of Magma.
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Hans Ulrich Obrist, who wrote the foreword for this issue, says, "Magma allows us to encounter worlds other than the one we are in now." Through the magazine, artists, writers, architects, filmmakers, sculptors, photographers and other creatives will participate in this project, transcending the boundaries of artistic disciplines, countries, generations, living and deceased.
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The inaugural issue of Magma will feature 18 artists and over 80 artworks and literary works, most of which will be previously unpublished. These include a 1976 work by French photographer Claude Nori, which features photographs of eyeglasses shaped like legs, accompanied by text by Belgian film director Agnès Varda, and a work by Italian novelist and poet Erri de Luca, in which she adds text to photographs taken by Luigi Ghirri, a photographer from her hometown who lived in Paris in the 1970s. Other topics include an encounter between the paintings of Lucas Arruda and the poetry of Edouard Glissant; the experiences of architect India Mahdavi and Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany in Cairo; François Halard's photographs of the Sicilian Baroque palace Villa Palagonia and Goethe's writings about the same building in 1787; Sophie Calle's famous "Parce que" series; and Boris Bergman's story about his encounter with Andra Ursuţa, an artist born in Romania in 1979 during the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. Also included are songs of love and grief recorded by Andra Ursta in the style of Soviet-era bootleg records using medical X-rays, one of which is featured in this issue. Also included are collages by Norwegian-Nigerian artist Frida Orupabo and an unpublished letter and facsimile from René Char, in which he answers questions from his godmother.
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Magma, bound like a large book, will be published annually. For those of us living in a modern society that is constantly moving at high speed, this will be a valuable resource that provides us with opportunities to see, read, and collect.
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Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director
PAUL OLIVENNES
Art Director
HELENA KADJI & ROCÍO ORTIZ
Faye and Gina
In collaboration with
BOTTEGA VENETA
Contact:
Bottega Veneta Japan
TEL: 0120-60-1966
Courtesy of BOTTEGA VENETAArt magazines such as Georges Bataille's Document (1929), the Surrealist magazine Minotaur (1933), and the inaugural issue of Andy Warhol's Interview (1969) were venues for artistic expression, outlets for aesthetics, and experimental spaces for artists and writers to collaborate and co-create. Magma revives the tradition of the great art magazines of the 20th century.
Courtesy of BOTTEGA VENETAsays Paul Olivennes, President and Editor-in-Chief of Magma.
"These magazines allowed me to experience artistic creation firsthand. They were a gathering place for the avant-garde, both artistic and literary. I've been collecting them since I was young. I wanted to revive the aesthetic, graphic, and intellectual sophistication of these magazines, which have now all but disappeared. I also wanted to put artists and writers back at the center of the magazine and rekindle the dialogue by connecting their work. Magma will feature many unpublished works and works created specifically for the magazine. I hope you'll experience the intimacy of art and the feeling of diving into creative magma."
Courtesy of BOTTEGA VENETAHans Ulrich Obrist, who wrote the foreword for this issue, says, "Magma allows us to encounter worlds other than the one we are in now." Through the magazine, artists, writers, architects, filmmakers, sculptors, photographers and other creatives will participate in this project, transcending the boundaries of artistic disciplines, countries, generations, living and deceased.
Courtesy of BOTTEGA VENETAThe inaugural issue of Magma will feature 18 artists and over 80 artworks and literary works, most of which will be previously unpublished. These include a 1976 work by French photographer Claude Nori, which features photographs of eyeglasses shaped like legs, accompanied by text by Belgian film director Agnès Varda, and a work by Italian novelist and poet Erri de Luca, in which she adds text to photographs taken by Luigi Ghirri, a photographer from her hometown who lived in Paris in the 1970s. Other topics include an encounter between the paintings of Lucas Arruda and the poetry of Edouard Glissant; the experiences of architect India Mahdavi and Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany in Cairo; François Halard's photographs of the Sicilian Baroque palace Villa Palagonia and Goethe's writings about the same building in 1787; Sophie Calle's famous "Parce que" series; and Boris Bergman's story about his encounter with Andra Ursuţa, an artist born in Romania in 1979 during the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. Also included are songs of love and grief recorded by Andra Ursta in the style of Soviet-era bootleg records using medical X-rays, one of which is featured in this issue. Also included are collages by Norwegian-Nigerian artist Frida Orupabo and an unpublished letter and facsimile from René Char, in which he answers questions from his godmother.
Courtesy of BOTTEGA VENETAMagma, bound like a large book, will be published annually. For those of us living in a modern society that is constantly moving at high speed, this will be a valuable resource that provides us with opportunities to see, read, and collect.
Courtesy of BOTTEGA VENETAEditor-in-Chief and Creative Director
PAUL OLIVENNES
Art Director
HELENA KADJI & ROCÍO ORTIZ
Faye and Gina
In collaboration with
BOTTEGA VENETA
Contact:
Bottega Veneta Japan
TEL: 0120-60-1966
